The Black Madonna at Siponto in Apulia is known as the Madonna with gli occhi sbaratti, or staring eyes. The image, along
with many others, is attributed to Saint Luke and came from Jerusalem. She sits on a simple wooden throne made from a tree
trunk. The sanctuary of Siponto was built on the site of a temple to the Roman Goddess Diana, whose altar is in the crypt.
There are prehistorical caves in the area whose original inhabitants depicted themselves as pyramidal bodies, the triangle
of the Goddess, with three or four faces. Photo: Museum of Cultural History.